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===Near-death experiences===
{{Main|Near-death experience}}

[[File:Hieronymus Bosch 013.jpg|upright|thumb|''[[Ascent of the Blessed]]'' by [[Hieronymus Bosch]] (after 1490) depicts a tunnel of light and spiritual figures similar to those reported by near-death experiencers.<ref>{{cite book |author=Pim van Lommel |title=Consciousness Beyond Life: The science of the near-death experience |publisher=HarperOne |year=2010 |isbn=978-0061777257 |page=28}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino |title=On the Other Side of Life: Exploring the phenomenon of the near-death experience |url=https://archive.org/details/onothersidelifee00vala |url-access=limited |year=1997 |publisher=Perseus Publishing |isbn=978-0738206257 |page=[https://archive.org/details/onothersidelifee00vala/page/n217 203]}}</ref>]] A [[near-death experience]] (NDE) is an experience reported by a person who nearly died, or who experienced [[clinical death]] and then revived. NDEs include one or more of the following experiences: a sense of being dead; an [[out-of-body experience]]; a sensation of floating above one's body and seeing the surrounding area; a sense of overwhelming love and peace; a sensation of moving upwards through a tunnel or narrow passageway; meeting deceased relatives or spiritual figures; encountering a being of light, or a light; experiencing a [[life review]]; reaching a border or boundary; and a feeling of being returned to the body, often accompanied by reluctance.<ref name=Mauro>{{cite web |last=Mauro |first=James |title=Bright lights, big mystery |website=Psychology Today |year=1992 |url=http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19920701-000030.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080111165715/http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19920701-000030.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=2007-07-31 }}</ref>

Interest in the NDE was spurred initially by the research of psychiatrists [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], [[George G. Ritchie]], and [[Raymond Moody]]. In 1975, Moody wrote the best-selling book ''[[Life After Life (1975 book)|Life After Life]]'' and in 1977, he wrote a second book, ''Reflections on Life After Life''.<ref>Lee Worth Bailey and Jenny L. Yates (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DYi9DQzD8KkC&dq=%22life+after+Life%22+moody+review&pg=PA26 The near-death experience: a reader] Routledge, p. 26.</ref> In 1998, Moody was appointed chair in "consciousness studies" at the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]]. The [[International Association for Near-death Studies]] (IANDS) was founded in 1978 to meet the needs of early researchers and experiencers within this field of research. Later researchers, such as psychiatrist [[Bruce Greyson]], psychologist [[Kenneth Ring]], and cardiologist Michael Sabom, introduced the study of near-death experiences to the academic setting.<ref name="Mauro"/>